--- name: "Julian Glover" canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-glover" fi1m_id: "julian-glover" imdb_id: "nm0002103" tmdb_id: 740 wikidata_id: "Q499644" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 March 1935" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 75 average_as: "actor" average_over: 10 updated: "2026-10-04T20:14:44.935101+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Julian Glover ## Identity Julian Glover - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-glover - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** julian-glover - **IMDb ID:** nm0002103 - **TMDB ID:** 740 - **Wikidata ID:** Q499644 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/740 Actor. Born 27 March 1935 in London, England. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 March 1935, London, England - **Active:** 1963–present - **Also known as:** Julian Wyatt Glover, جولیان گلاور - **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 10 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 80 (2), 1970s 58 (1), 1980s 74 (5), 2000s 73 (1), 2020s 84 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 67 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 4, Adventure 3, History 3, Romance 2, Thriller 2 - **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,304m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/740 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*TÁR*](https://film.one/film/tar.md) (84) - **Apple TV:** [*Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Julian Glover > Julian Glover plays men who give orders in a level voice and never get their hands dirty, and he has done it for generals, shipping magnates and grand maesters. It is a narrow trade, done with real polish, and sometimes too polished to frighten. Julian Glover's villains do not shout. In *For Your Eyes Only* (1981) his Aristotle Kristatos is a shipping man in a good suit who talks softly and lets other people do the hitting. A year earlier, in *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), he was General Maximilian Veers, an Imperial officer, and by *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989) he was Walter Donovan, a well-spoken American and one of the parts he took in an accent not his own. Different uniforms, same man: authority worn like a tailored coat, and a calm that suggests the unpleasant things will be handled by somebody junior. The calm comes from the stage. He came out of RADA in 1954, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1950s and spent the 1960s and 1970s largely on British television, so by the time the franchises found him he had thirty years of standing still and being listened to. He went back for the kings, most notably Henry IV for the RSC in 1992, which is the performance his stage reputation rests on. Then came the long television part, Grand Maester Pycelle in *Game of Thrones* from 2011, and a late supporting role as Andris Davis in *TÁR* (2022). The through line is a man other people defer to. What works is the restraint. After the Bond villains with steel teeth, Kristatos is a relief: a man with money and manners who never raises a hand himself. What does not work is that restraint has a cost, and *For Your Eyes Only* pays it. We admired Kristatos throughout and were never once alarmed by him, and somewhere around the midpoint we realised the film needed us to be, and that it was Michael Gothard's silent Locque, watching from behind his glasses, who was doing the frightening. Glover gives you the head of the organisation; the menace has to be hired separately. That is also why he is easy to overlook in *Last Crusade*. Our own review spends its affection on Harrison Ford and Sean Connery and does not stop for Donovan, and that is not a slight so much as a description of the job. Glover's villains hold the frame steady while the leads do the living. It is useful work and he has done it for forty years without ever seeming to sweat. See *For Your Eyes Only* for the tailoring and the voice, and notice how much the film relies on other people to make you nervous. If you want to see what the voice can do when the part is large enough to fill it, the record suggests you should have been at Stratford in 1992. ## Biography Julian Glover is an English actor. Born Julian Wyatt Glover on 27 March 1935 in Hampstead, London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in numerous stage productions and British television series from the 1960s onwards. His film roles include General Maximilian Veers in *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in *For Your Eyes Only* (1981) and Walter Donovan in *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989). On television he played Grand Maester Pycelle in *Game of Thrones* (2011–2016) and provided the voice of Aragog in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002). He received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for services to drama. Glover has been married to actress Isla Blair since 1968; their son Jamie Glover is also an actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) - *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Andris Davis — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md) - *The Young Victoria* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Duke of Wellington — [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md) - *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Fi1m 83, as Walter Donovan — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md) - *Cry Freedom* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Don Card — [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md) - *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Fi1m 57, as Brian Harcourt-Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md) - *For Your Eyes Only* (1981), Fi1m 68, as Aristotle Kristatos — [page](https://film.one/film/for-your-eyes-only.md) - *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Fi1m 92, as General Veers — [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md) - *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Fi1m 58, as Gapon — [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md) - *Callan* (1967), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md) - *Tom Jones* (1963), Fi1m 74, as Northernton — [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md) ## Complete filmography (178) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Borley Rectory: The Awakening* (2026), as Harry Bull - *Waiting Room* (2025), as Kenny - *Moresnet* (2024), series, as Stephan Pineau - *Forever Young* (2024), as Jim Petrak Senior - *The Laureate* (2023), as Alfred Graves - *Willow* (2022), series, as Zeb - *An Irish Angel* (2022), as Father Luke Reitel - *TÁR* (2022), as Andris Davis — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md) - *Surface* (2022), series, as William Huntley - *Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher* (2022), as Lord Ashford - *The Reverend and Mrs Simpson* (2022), as Older Charles - *Nobody Has to Know* (2022), as Angus - *The Toll* (2021), as Magnus - *Nemesis* (2021), as Sebastian - *The Doctors: Villains!* (2018), Actor - *Black Earth Rising* (2018), series, as Mark Viner - *Amy and Sophia* (2017), as Jim - *We Still Steal the Old Way* (2017), as Sir Edward - *Gangster Kittens* (2016), as Lord Clarence Beaverbrook - *The Crown* (2016), series, as Cecil Boyd-Rochfort — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) - *Brash Young Turks* (2016), as Louis Hartman - *Backtrack* (2015), as The Old Man - *Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience* (2015), as Pycelle - *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Ralph — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md) - *Mr Invisible* (2013), Actor - *Atlantis* (2013), series, as Eunapius - *Spies of Warsaw* (2013), series, as General Beauvilliers - *U.F.O.* (2012), as John Jones - *LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out* (2012), as General Veers (voice) - *Heroes and Demons* (2012), as Lucien (segment "Perfect") - *The Halloween Kid* (2012), as The Teacher - *Airborne* (2012), as George - *Exit* (2011), as Geeles - *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Grand Maester Pycelle — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *Princess Kaiulani* (2010), Actor - *Perfect* (2009), as Lucien - *The Young Victoria* (2009), as Duke of Wellington — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md) - *Merlin* (2008), series, as Lochru - *Mirrors* (2008), as Robert Esseker - *Shoot on Sight* (2007), as Susan's Father - *Big Nothing* (2006), as Eighty-Year-Old Blind Man - *Scoop* (2006), as Lord Lyman - *The Impressionists* (2006), series, as Claude Monet - older - *Paris in the Springtime* (2005), Actor - *Strings* (2004), as Kahro - *Troy* (2004), as Triopas - *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), as Aragog (voice) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md) - *Two Men Went To War* (2002), as Col. Hatchard - *The Book of Eve* (2002), as Burt Smallwood - *Born and Bred* (2002), series, as Derek - *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as William Laurence, William Lawrence - *Vatel* (2000), as Prince de Conde - *The Dance of Shiva* (1998), as General Willis - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Henry Trace — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Henry Markham, István Sándor - *Degrees of Error* (1995), series, as Jim - *The Infiltrator* (1995), as Bielert - *Cadfael* (1994), series, as Leoric Ashby - *Power and Lovers* (1994), as Matthew - *Money For Nothing* (1993), as Mr Farquharson - *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as George Harran - *King Ralph* (1991), as King Gustav - *Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs* (1991), as Joseph Haydn - *Treasure Island* (1990), as Dr. Livesey - *Who Bombed Birmingham?* (1990), as Igor Judge QC - *The Chief* (1990), series, as Andrew Blake - *TECX* (1990), series, Actor - *Screen One* (1989), series, as Farquharson - *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), as Walter Donovan — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md) - *Tusks* (1988), as Ian Taylor - *Scarfe's Follies* (1988), Actor - *Wish Me Luck* (1988), series, as Colonel James Cadogan - *The Secret Garden* (1987), as Colonel McGraw - *Cry Freedom* (1987), as Don Card — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md) - *Hearts of Fire* (1987), as Alfred - *Mandela* (1987), as Senior Police Officer - *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), as Brian Harcourt-Smith — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md) - *Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna* (1986), series, as Colonel Kobylinski - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Arnold Richardson, Sebastian Farrow — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) - *Ladies in Charge* (1986), series, as Ernest - *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Frank Whymark - *Cover Her Face* (1985), series, as Felix Hurst - *Jenseits der Morgenröte* (1985), series, as Kilian von Roggenburg - *Travelling Man* (1984), series, as Bill Sheridan - *Kim* (1984), as Col. Creighton - *Mr. Palfrey of Westminster* (1984), series, as Andrei Volkov - *By the Sword Divided* (1983), series, as Sir Martin Lacey - *Taggart* (1983), series, as Supt. Drummond - *Dombey and Son* (1983), series, as Paul Dombey - *Heat and Dust* (1983), as Crawford - *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Inspector Lombard - *Q.E.D.* (1982), series, as Dr. Stefan Kilkiss, Dr. Stefan Kilkiss (voice) - *Ivanhoe* (1982), as King Richard - *Nancy Astor* (1982), series, as Lord Revelstoke - *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Per Wemstrom - *For Your Eyes Only* (1981), as Aristotle Kristatos — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/for-your-eyes-only.md) - *The Search for Alexander the Great* (1981), series, as Philip II - *The Journal of Bridget Hitler* (1981), as Interviewer - *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Duncan Scott / Inspector Stokesay - *Invasion* (1980), as Alexander Dubcek - *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), as General Veers — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md) - *Henry V* (1979), as The Constable of France - *Doctor Who: City of Death* (1979), as Count Scarlioni / Captain Tancredi / Scaroth - *Henry VIII* (1979), as Duke of Buckingham - *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Duke of Buckingham - *Blake's 7* (1978), series, as Professor Kayn - *Gulliver's Travels* (1977), as (voice) - *The Brute* (1977), as Teddy - *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Sir Sebastian Pilgrim - *Space: 1999* (1975), series, as Jarak - *Quiller* (1975), series, as Shroder - *Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin* (1975), as Gifford - *The Master of Ballantrae* (1975), series, as James Durie - *The Hanged Man* (1975), series, as Joe Denver - *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Bernard Stone — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md) - *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Richard de Anstey - *Electra* (1974), as Aegisthus - *Juggernaut* (1974), as Cmdr. Marder - *The Internecine Project* (1974), as Arnold Pryce-Jones - *Dead Cert* (1974), as Lodge - *QB VII* (1974), series, as Zaminski - *The Story of Jacob and Joseph* (1974), as Esau - *Boy Dominic* (1974), series, as Jackson - *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Interviewer - *Luther* (1974), as Knight - *Hitler: The Last Ten Days* (1973), as Fegelein - *Thriller* (1973), series, as Gifford - *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Eliot Duschene - *Antony and Cleopatra* (1972), as Proculeius - *Spy Trap* (1972), series, as Commander Anderson - *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), as Gapon — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md) - *Michael Regan* (1971), as Wixon - *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Alfred Barton - *Jason King* (1971), series, Actor - *The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer* (1970), as Colonel Moffat - *Play for Today* (1970), series, Actor - *Wuthering Heights* (1970), as Hindley Earnshaw - *The Last Grenade* (1970), as Andy Royale - *Manhunt* (1970), series, as Paul - *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Actor - *Alfred the Great* (1969), as Shrdlu - *The Adding Machine* (1969), as Shrdlu - *Strange Report* (1969), series, as James Hanson - *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Tom Saffary - *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Frank, Tim - *The Magus* (1968), as Anton - *The Champions* (1968), series, as Anderson - *Charlie* (1968), as James - *Quatermass and the Pit* (1967), as Colonel Breen - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Eric Toynbee - *Theatre of Death* (1967), as Charles Marquis - *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md) - *Apollo in Ascension* (1967), as Narrator (voice) - *I Was Happy Here* (1966), as Dr. Matthew Langdon - *The Alphabet Murders* (1965), as Don Fortune - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Aegisthus - *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Spangle, The Tenant, Ron - *Doctor Who: The Crusade* (1965), as Richard the Lionheart - *Thursday Theatre* (1964), series, as Edward Bare - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as James, Major Mathys - *Girl with Green Eyes* (1964), as Malachi Sullivan - *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Count Scarlioni / Scaroth, Richard the Lionheart — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) - *Espionage* (1963), series, as Tovarich - *Tom Jones* (1963), as Northernton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md) - *The Saint* (1962), series, as Ramon Falconi, Hilloram - *The Cruel Necessity* (1962), as Colonel Tomlinson - *Out of This World* (1962), series, as Dave Sheridan - *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Peter Rooke, Masgard, Rupert, Andrei Vogel — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *Androcles and the Lion* (1960), series, as The Captain - *An Age of Kings* (1960), series, as Lord Marshal, Groom, Earl of Westmoreland, Warder - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor - *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Lewis Naylor - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Colonel McGraw - *The Awakening*, as Mason Snr. - *The Awakening 2*, as Mason, Snr. - *War Is Hell*, Actor - *BED BLOCKER*, as Eric ## Gallery - ![Acteur notamment dans la série Game of thrones fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/103325/gallery-6fa8318ef9cd.jpg) Acteur notamment dans la série Game of thrones fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover (2014) — Patrick Subotkiewiez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Julian_Glover_2014.jpg/1280px-Julian_Glover_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Acteur notamment dans la série Game of thrones fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/103325/gallery-6cfcd8a9d606.jpg) Acteur notamment dans la série Game of thrones fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Glover (2014) — Patrick Subotkiewiez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Julian_Glover_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Julian_Glover_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Julian Glover, who portrayed General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, at Noris Force Con III in Nürnberg, Germany. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/103325/gallery-85df0837cb1c.jpg) Julian Glover, who portrayed General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, at Noris Force Con III in Nürnberg, Germany. (2011) — User:Jo!Hannes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Julian_Glover_at_Noris_Force_Con.jpg/1280px-Julian_Glover_at_Noris_Force_Con.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Julian Glover](https://film.one/media/person/103325/gallery-90a235d34c10.jpg) Julian Glover — Image via TMDB - ![Julian Glover](https://film.one/media/person/103325/gallery-1cf30ae4fb39.jpg) Julian Glover — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2013: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won) - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1993: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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